Message from Bishop Hollingsworth - April 2011
April 18, 2011
Dear Colleagues,
I write to report that the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas has found in favor of the Diocese of Ohio and The Episcopal Church in our dispute with the former members of St. Luke's Church in Bath, the Church of the Holy Spirit in Akron, St. Barnabas Church in Bay Village, St. Anne's Church in Madison, and the Church of the Transfiguration in Cleveland.
In litigation of this sort nobody wins. Of the many costs, the distractions from daily attention to the ministry of Christ may be the greatest. I am very grateful that the people of the Diocese have resisted that distraction and kept focused on the worthy work that God gives us to do. With clarification by the court about who has the responsibility of ownership of these properties, we may now move ahead to achieve the resolution we began seeking seven years ago.
Gratefully,
The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.
Bishop of Ohio
